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The Protestant Ethic and Modernization: A Comparative View
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This article is published in British Journal of Sociology.The article was published on 1970-06-01. It has received 18 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Protestant work ethic & Modernization theory.read more
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Religion and economic performance
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the relationship between religion and economic performance and found that Islam promotes economic growth and does not support the notion that Islam is inimical to growth.
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Religion, culture, and economic performance
TL;DR: In this paper, a robust relationship between adherence to major world religions and national economic performance is uncovered, using both cross-national and subnational data, and the results with respect to Islam do not support the notion that it is inimical to growth.
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The Pentecostal Ethic and the Spirit of Development
TL;DR: There has been a broadening of scope within development studies, with the expansion of work on the multi-dimensional nature of poverty and the theoretical reorientation of development aims from economic growth to more holistic concerns for human wellbeing and environmental sustainability as mentioned in this paper.
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Islamic Political Culture, Democracy, and Human Rights: A Comparative Study
TL;DR: The Need for a New Approach How and Why Islam Should Influence Politics: Egypt and Jordan Syria and Tunisia Saudi Arabia and Morocco Algeria and Iran Islam and Democracy: Cross-National Analysis Islam and Individual Rights Does Culture Matter? Appendix I: The Islamic Political Culture Variable Appendix II: country Abbreviations and Islamic political culture scores Appendix III: Islamic Ideologies Bibliography Index as mentioned in this paper
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Creating Sustainable Identities: The Significance of the Financially Affluent Self
TL;DR: In this article, identity theory and postmodern identity perspectives are used to analyse why high-income groups often have values, attitudes and intentions to consume sustainably, yet tend to have the highest energy consumption of any group.
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Religion and economic performance
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the relationship between religion and economic performance and found that Islam promotes economic growth and does not support the notion that Islam is inimical to growth.
Journal ArticleDOI
Religion, culture, and economic performance
TL;DR: In this paper, a robust relationship between adherence to major world religions and national economic performance is uncovered, using both cross-national and subnational data, and the results with respect to Islam do not support the notion that it is inimical to growth.
Book ChapterDOI
The Pentecostal Ethic and the Spirit of Development
TL;DR: There has been a broadening of scope within development studies, with the expansion of work on the multi-dimensional nature of poverty and the theoretical reorientation of development aims from economic growth to more holistic concerns for human wellbeing and environmental sustainability as mentioned in this paper.
Book
Islamic Political Culture, Democracy, and Human Rights: A Comparative Study
TL;DR: The Need for a New Approach How and Why Islam Should Influence Politics: Egypt and Jordan Syria and Tunisia Saudi Arabia and Morocco Algeria and Iran Islam and Democracy: Cross-National Analysis Islam and Individual Rights Does Culture Matter? Appendix I: The Islamic Political Culture Variable Appendix II: country Abbreviations and Islamic political culture scores Appendix III: Islamic Ideologies Bibliography Index as mentioned in this paper
Journal ArticleDOI
Creating Sustainable Identities: The Significance of the Financially Affluent Self
TL;DR: In this article, identity theory and postmodern identity perspectives are used to analyse why high-income groups often have values, attitudes and intentions to consume sustainably, yet tend to have the highest energy consumption of any group.